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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Image credit: AFP via @daylife.

To celebrate Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s birthday today we have compiled some of our favorite quotes that still empower and inspire entrepreneurs the world over to engage in lasting social change. Let us know in the comments if we missed one of your favorites that continues to inspire you.

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.”

“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”

“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.”

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

“A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”